Ingredients

Ice

Dilution
57 drinks

What is Ice?

Ice is a functional cocktail ingredient used for chilling, dilution and texture. It affects how a drink shakes, stirs, serves and tastes, especially in highballs, stirred cocktails, frozen drinks and built drinks.

Is this for me?

Choose this if…

✓You want neutral in flavour but important for temperature character in your drink.

Skip if…

✗A substitute better matches your flavour goal.

At a Glance

0 kcalCalories

0gSugar

0gCarbs

DilutionType

57Recipes

Ingredient nutrition is approximate and varies by brand, recipe and preparation.

What does Ice taste like?

Neutral in flavour but important for temperature, dilution and mouthfeel. Ice works with almost every drink style, from spirit-forward cocktails to mocktails, punches, highballs and frozen drinks.

Ways to use ice

Cocktails (35)Mocktails (12)Punches (10)

Flavour profile

Neutral · primary

Recipes using this

Observed quantities

Observed in single-serve recipes: middle half 236.59–236.59 ml; median 236.59 ml.

In the measured recipes in this dataset — from 6 observed uses.

Scoped nutrition

Calories (per 100 ml): 0
Sugar (per 100 ml): 0 g
Carbs (per 100 ml): 0 g

Ingredient nutrition is approximate and varies by brand, recipe and preparation.

Diet compatibility

Gluten-FreeCompatible
KetoCompatible
Low-CarbCompatible
Low-SugarCompatible
VeganCompatible
VegetarianCompatible

Based on the listed ingredient only — a public recipe facet, not medical, allergy or coeliac advice. Specific brands and preparation can change compatibility.

Commonly observed with

LimeSugarSoda Water

Observed co-use in the reviewed recipe corpus — not a universal pairing recommendation.

Trust & methodology

Canonical ingredient/component authority assembled from reviewed identity, recipe, flavour, nutrition, diet and substitution evidence. Observed quantities and co-use patterns are descriptive, not prescriptions or universal recommendations.

Evidence last updated: 2026-07-16T05:12:21.205546+00:00

Drink counts and recipe data are based on published WhatDrink recipes. Figures may vary as new recipes are added.

Ice — common questions

What are the most popular cocktails made with Ice?: Top-ranked cocktails made with Ice include Thai Iced Tea, Army special, Caipirissima. Rankings are based on recipe quality and data completeness.